Bottle-cooling device.



Patented July 26, 1910.

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J. J. LANE.

BOTTLE COOLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1910.

J. LANE.

BOTTLE COOLING DEVICE. APPLIOATION rILnn MAB. 7, 1910.

8 SHEETS-SHEET Patented July 26, 1910.

' J. J. LANE. BOTTLE 000mm; DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED HA3. 7, 1910.

PatentedJuly 26, 1910.

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1 JOHN JZ LANE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

' BOTTLE-COOLING nnvrcn. I

To all whom it may concern: a I

Be it known'that I, JOHN J. LANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis-Missouri, have inventeda certain new and usefulImprovement' in Bottle-Cooling Dev-ices, of which the following is 'a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaims to make and use the same.

This invention relates to. bottle cooling devices.

'One object of my invention is to provide a bottlecooling device which is so designed that a number of bottles can be kept cold and dry with a small quantity of ice.

Another object is to provide a bottle cooling device that has a number of bottle compartments which are so arranged that cold Another object is to provide a device of Y the character described which is'so designed j that the water produced by the melting of the ice will come into-contact with the outer surfaces of the bottle, com artmentsand thus cooperate with the-co d air to keep said compartmentsmta low temperature, and still another object of my invention is to provide a neat and compact bottle cooling device which can be manufactured at a low cost.

Figure 1 of the drawings a front elevational view of. a bottle cooling device constructed in accordance with my 1nvention, one ofthe doors of the casing being open; Fig-2 1s a horizontal sectional view on the line 22 of Fig.3; Fig. 3 is a yertical sectional View taken on-approximately the line 33 of- Fig. 1; Fig. 4. 1s a vertical sectional view takensonapproxlmately the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the bottle com artment member showing devices that can e arranged in-the bottle compagtrtrlrants' 0 es;

Fig. 6 is an .endfview of a portion of said bottle compartment membenpartly in sec tion; Fig. 7 is a view-similar to Fig. 5 show-.

ing a sl ghtly difierentformbf device that {can be arranged in thebottle compartments 1 when said compartmentsare. used for short 'member in positi '55 partment member.

bottles; Fig. 8 i s-a pers wedge that retams the' tive view of the ttle ompartment Fig. 9 is a perspectlve View of the rear wall of said bottle com- R ferring to Figs. 1'to-4 ,-inclusiv'e, which Specification of Letterslatent. 1 Application filed March 7, 1910. Serial No. 547,841.

air will circulate around and betweensame,

illustrate the preferred form of m invent1on, A designates an-insulated casmg ro- Patented m 26, 19 10.

vided in its top wall with. a door 1 an inv its front wall with a pair of doors 2. A bottle compartment member is arranged inthe lower portion of the casing inuali ement with the. doors 2, and an ice receptacle is arranged in the upper portion of the casing in alinement with the door 1, said bottle com artment member being provided with a 'p urality of independent bottle compartl'nents 'or holders-which are spaced away from each other' so that the cold air inside of the casing can circulate around and between same, the ice receptacle being pro 4, which embrace the'e'nd portions of said tubes, and the front late 3 being provided with openings that a inewith said tubes, as

shown in Fig. 1 so as to permit the bottles tobe introduced into same, as"sh own in broken lines Fig. 3. The front and rear plates 3 and 4 can be connected to ether in various wa s such, for example, as y means of longro sor bolts 7 whichpass through the front plate and are screwed into bosses 8' on the rear plate. The lower edges of the plates 3 and 4 rest .u on the bottom of the I msulated casing, an the ice receptacle B rests upon the upper edge of the rear plate '4, an'd'on'lugs .3 which project rearwardly fromthe front plate 3, as shown clearly m Fig? .era '1 M meta box provided in its sideswith openings B that ermit the cold air to escape portion of the casin in which the-bottle 'jholders5 are arrange SlotsB are vformed in the bottom' of the ice receptacle B in Qalinement with eachvertical row of bottle holders, as shown in Fig. 4, so that. the water produced-by the-melting of the ice candrip own onto said bottle holders andthus assist the cold air, in keeping-said holders and the bottles arranged t erei'n at a low temperature. The vertical walls of the ice rece tacle B are spaced far enough away from t e m- 2 ahd'B. This' ice receptacle prefconsists -of a rectangular-shaped '100" and circulate" ownwardly through the lower ers.

each other and also from the inner walls of the casing, so as to permit the cold air-to circulate around and between said bottle hold- The bottle compartment member formed bythe plates 3 and 4 and the bottle holders 5, is securely clamped, against the front wall of the casing A so as to prevent the atmosphere from entering the ice chamber or spaces between the bottle holders when the front doors 2 of the casing are opened. The means that I' prefer to use for locking the bottle compartment member in position consists of a wedge 9 that is interposed between the rear wall of the casing A and coiiperating wedge-shaped blocks 10 and 11 on the rear side of the plate 4. The block 11 at the lower edge of the plate tis preferably provided with side flan es 11 as shown in Fig. 9, to revent the wedge 9 from moving laterally, and after said wedge has been driven into position it is securely locked by means of a cotter pin- 12 which is inserted in Mining openings 9 and 10 formed in the wedge 9 and in the wedge-shaped block 10 at the upper edge of the plate 4. If it is desired to remove the bottle compartment member from the easing the pin 12 is withdrawnand the locking wedge 9 is then moved upwardly out of engagement with the cooperating. Wedgesha ed surfaces on the rear plate 4, thus enabling the entire bottle compartment tobe removed bodily from the casing through the door opening in the top thereof, itbeing understood, of course,' that the ice receptacle B is removed before the locking wedge 9 is removed." The particular construction of the casing A is immaterial so far as my broad ideais concerned, but I prefer to provide said vcasin with a metallic inner lining whose bottom is inclined slightly, as shownin Fig. 3, so that the water will drain out of same through the drain-pipe 13.

The bottle holders 5 are preferably so designed that they .will just receive an ordinary pmt beer bottle, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 3 so that the metal from which said holders are. formed will bear directly against the bottle and thus .cool the bottle and the contents thereof quickly and keep it at a low temperature.

It will, of course, be understood that small I bottles can be cooled in the'device but when such bottles are used I prefer to arrange fillers C in the bottle holders 5 so as to cause the bottles to be snugly embraced by metal. In Fig. 5 I have illustrated one form of filler that can be used for thispurpose, and which consists. of a metal sleeve ortube providedat its opposite ends with flanges C which hold it spaced away from the innerisurface of the bottle holder 5 in" and an arm or'leg C is connected tosaid I "end wall C so as to limit the inward movement of the sleeve.

Flat springs C are preferably connected to the outer surfaceof 'the tube C so as to bear against the inner surface of'the bottle holder 5 and thus retain the sleeve inposition. In Fig. 7 I have shown a filler I) that can also be used with small bottles, said filler consisting of a cap that is adapted lto be arranged at the inner end of the bottle holder so as to act as a stop which limits the inward movement of the bottle when it is introduced into the Holder.

- A bottle cooling device of the construction above described presents a neat and ornamental appearance and can be manufactured at a low cost, it will cool bottles quickly and keep them cold with a small amountof ice owin to the fact that the compartments in which the bottles are arranged consist of metal sleeves that snugly embrace the bottles, and which are so arranged that cold air and ice water is continually passing over the outer surfaces of same. The bottles are kept perfectly dry, and a bottle in any compartment can be removed without disturbing the bottles in the other compartments and without exposing the ice in the receptacle B to the atmos-,

phere.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let? ters Patent is: i i

1. A bottle cooling device comprising a casing having aplurality of horizontally disposed bottle holders arranged therein in such a manner that the outer surfaces thereof'do not contact with each other, an ice re-' ceptacle arranged in said-casing and pro: vided with means for permitting the water produced by the meltingof the ice to escape therefrom and drip over said bottle'holders,

and means for preventing the'bottles in saidholders from being normally exposed to the atmos here.

2. '-bottle cooling device comprising a casing having a door, a wall that extends across the opening which said door closes,

horizontally disposed bottle holders having open ends which communicate with 0 enings in said wall, and means arrange in said casing for causing-cold air and .drops of water to pass over the outersurfaces of said bottle holders.

3. A bottle cooling device comprising a casing, a bottle. compartment member arranged insaid casing and consisting of front and rear plates between which tubularshaped bottle holders are arranged, the

front plate having 'openings'that aline with said bottle holders and the rear plateacting as a closure for said holders, an ice receptacle' arranged in the upper portion of said casingabove said bottle compartment member, and a door on said casing that forms a closure for said holders.

4. In a bottle cooling device, a casing hav ing a door-opening formed in one wall thereof, a bottle compartment member arrangedin said casing and consisting of front and rear plates between which tubularshaped bottle holders are arranged, said ranged between the same, and a wedge interposed between one ofsaid lates and the rear wall of the casing for lo.c ing said bottle compartment member in'position.

6. In a bottle cooling device, a casing, and a bottle compartment member arranged in sa1d casing andconsistingtof front and rear plates provided on their inner surfaces with clrcular flanges, tubular-shaped holders arranged between said latesand'cooperating with said flanges, an means for clamp'ingsa zd plates and holders to ether.

I ma bottle cooling evice, a casing, a removable bottle compartment member arranged 1n sa1d casing and provided with a plurality of horizontally dis osed tubularshaped bottle holders whic are spaced away from each other so that air can circulate around and between same, means for loclnng said member in osition, and an ice metal bottle ho ders arranged in said casing e upper .portion of in such a manner t-hat air can circulate around and between same, the front ends of said holders being open and the rear ends of said holders being closed, a door on said casing for closing thefront ends of said holders, and an ice receptacle arrangedin said casing and provided with means for permitting the water produced by the melting of the ice to 'drip downwardly over the outer surfaces of said holders.

9. A bottle cooling device comprising an insulated casing, a number of tubular-shaped metal'bottle holders arranged in said casing in such a manner that air can circulate around and between the same, the front ends of said holders bein open, means for closing the front ends 0 said holders, an ice receptacle arranged in said casing and provided with means for permitting the water produced by the melting of the ice to dri downwardly over the outer surfaces of sai holders, and removable fillers arranged in said holders for snugly embracing bottles which are smaller than the inner diameter of said holders. i

10, .A bottle cooling device comprising an insulated casing having doors formed in-the front and top walls thereof, a plate arranged in said casing across the door opening in the front wall thereof, said plate being provided with openings, horizontally disposed Pbottle holders arranged in vertical rows inside of said casing and cooperating with the openings in said plate, and an ice rece tacle arranged in the upper portion ofsai cas- '.ing and rovided in its side walls with openings an in its bottom with vslots thatare located in alinement with the vertical rows of bottleholders.

"In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the time fifth day of arch 1910.

JOHN J, LANE.

Witnesses: v i

' WELLS L. Cannon,

Gnome BAKEWELL.

pli'esence of two witnesses, 

